The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-03

She had been seriously i'll for some weeks
She retired from the stage after her mar
riage in America in 1882, but reappeared at
various concerts in aid of charities. She
had not appeared in public since 1866.
Jenny Lind, who had universally besn
known "a the swedish Nightingale was
born in Stockholm. There seams 10 he
some confusion about the date OF her BIRTH.
Some authorities give this as Feb. 3, lS2O,
while others insist that she came into the
world Oct. q, 1921. At any rate, her intro
duction to the troubles Of this mundane
sphere was not under the most suspicious
circumstances Her father was teacher of
languages, and her mother varied tne du-
ties of maternity with those of keeping
| school for young women; consequently,
Jenny was lett very much TO herself, ana
| grew up without much 10 relieve the mo
| notony of a childish existence. But she
found surcease for her SORROWS in song.
When she was only three years old to sing
was her ruling paSsiou-every melody that
| struck her ear was retained with
an accuracy which caused gen
eral admiration: no work was done without
accompanying it with her clear voice, and
no pain during frequent illness prevented
her from finding consolation in song. ODe
day, when the child was about years old,
Mrs. Lundberg, a Swedish actress, accident
ally heard her sing, and was so surprised by
| the talent and native skill displayed by
| Jenny in the management of her voice
that she strove TO opfn the eyes Of the
child's parents to the treasure they pos
sessed. Mrs. Liud, with the prejudices
against the stage natural to a woman in her
position in life, would not listen at first 10
| any proposition from Mrs Lundberg.
! However, the actress finally induced the
mother TO take her child TO Herr CrosliuS,
music master living in StocIholm. He,
upon hearing the little girl sing, was even
more astoniShed than Mrs. Lundberg ard
| instantly determined to present her to
Count Pucke as a candidate for admission
to the musical school attached to the
| Royal Theatre, of which the Count
was the manager. After some
tuition CrPius took his pupil before Pucke,
who, measuring the gentle little creature
with astonished eyes, at once demanded of
| Crcrus what he meant to do with such Il
child, for she surely had nothing to fit her
for the stage. CrCPlius undertook t. argue
the matter with Pucke and finally secured
permission for the child to sing. He AWAITED
with confidence tine result and scarcely had
| she sung ten measures until the Count be-
| came as enthusiastic as CrTius and gave his
| permission for her entrance to the school,
! She was then placed under the care of EraS-
mus Berg, a profound and skillful musician.
| After studying under him for several years
| the Stockholm pubic was aStonishe one
| night at the appearance Of child IN =
vaudeville performance. This was Jenny
| Lind, who at once became favorite and the
| prospect of her growing into an operate star
was exceedingly fattering But whea about
| IA years old her voice failed her, and she
was compelled to retire from the stage.
| CrGlus her old master, tried to re-awaken
| the tones of his favorlte scholar, but could
| not AT length her voice returned. but it
was not the voice she once had nor had it
| yet acquired the wonderful beauty and
| purity which marked it in later years.
After concert tour throughout Sweden
she secured funds enough to take her to
Paris, where she submitted her talents to
Garcia, the famous teacher, who, however,
told her that she must not expect to be-
come a great singer He told her, though,
to rest for three months and then return to
him. Jenny managed to live through the
period of her probation, though all alone
in the great city, and then again visited
| Garcia. He gave her hope, and
she went industgiously to work, and finally
improved sufficiently to return to Stock
holm. When in Paris Jenny met Meyer
| beer, the celebrated composer, and two
years later he invited her to join the opera
III Berlin, and in 1874 she went to the Prus-
sian capital At first she made but listle
impression on the public, as her voice had
| not yet returned. But one evening, when
she was Singing in Robert lie Diablen she
felt that it had returned, and inspired by
| the consciousness, sang the musice of Alice
with such force and power that she electro
fed the public and astonished Meyerbeer,
who, from that moment, regarded her as
the first of singers.
WHY SHE DIDN'T SING IN PARIS
From this point her onward progress was
rapid, AID her reputation soon spread
throughout Europe. She appeared in quick
succession i'll all the European capitals, save
one-Paris-and then visited the United
| States, Cuba and Canada. Jealousy and in
trigue prevented her singing in the French
metropolis. When Meyerbeer first met her
in Paris, he recommended her most warmly
to the director Of the Academic de Musique,
who, complying with the maestro's request,
fixed day for hearing her at the theatre
RosSiui, AuOer, Halevy, and other motel
musicians Were summoned to hear her, but
| the director himself never made his appear
ance. Mile Rosina Stoitz, the then reign
ing queen of the Academies musical corps,
was the mistress of the director. and she
forbade his presence on the occasion. Thus.
not even an offer was made to Miss Lind
She was so offended by this gratuitous in
suit that she would never after consent to
appear in Paris.
Jenny Llnds voice was a soprano of great
power. Its compass was two and q half
octaves. The upper notes especially were
clear, delicious i'll tone, flexible and perfectly
at her command. Her voice was not the
less remarkable in its sweetness and perfect
purity of tone. OF the myriad of critics
who heard her after her voice recovered its
power not one could utter a syllable OF dis
paragement as regards the popular esti-
mate of her surprising talents. Her dra-
matte genius was of an order as high as her
natural vocal powers and reconcile musical
science.
At the close of lS46 the affairs of the Lon
don opera had reached a crisis which com.
PEELED extraordinary enterprise on the part
of Mr. Lumley the manager of Her
DIajesty's Theatre. The whole operate
troupe, headed by Costa, the conductor, had
abandoned the the tire and established
| themselves at Cow mt i"'len. Lumley had
but enc resource. T.: to '-core Miss Linl
| at any price. She III, for ID engagements
in London and on the ntin mt. the forleitS
of which Lunley had - pay After ar
engagements had been completed with Miss
Lind, Lumley attempted TO secure for
her an adequate support. In this
lie was only partially successful, and Miss
Lind found herself pitted against very
| strong opposition, which she finally van
pushed, and won the favor of the London
public Her last appearance on the operate
stage took place May Is, 1919. The canse OF
her retirement is sad TO have been the OBJ
lection of man to whom she was engaged